Walter Isaacson Quotes
I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I don't like possessions.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I've been training quite hard.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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The mad, cruel, and accursed American war.
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It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to and have a completely different perspective of the song and have their own meaning. That's what's great about it.
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That's what I love about acting. There's never a set role. You can be a firefighter, you can be a baseball player, you can be whatever you want in the acting world. I think I've found my calling.
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Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.
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Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.
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I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
